Heritage Bank

A book of local poems has been donated to Buriton’s Heritage project with many of the verses describing life in and around the village in years gone by.

The compilation was produced to mark the Silver Jubilee of 1977 and, in his introduction to the book, Percy Legg thanks Delia and Brian Rudman for encouraging him to bring the collection together (and for typing it all). 

Percy was born in 1896 and died in 1981. A number of the poems describe changes in the village during his lifetime.

Scores of people visited the annual ‘Bygone Buriton’ exhibition – brought forward from its normal September date to coincide with the 80^th anniversary of D-Day in June.

As usual, the local history event attracted people from far away as well as from the village and nearby, providing lots of opportunities for memories to be shared and for new information to be discovered about life in the parish over many decades.

Over 100 people squeezed into Buriton village hall on Saturday September 30th for a trip down memory lane.

The annual local history event attracted visitors from many miles away and provided opportunities for memories to be shared and for new information to be unearthed.

Amongst the main attractions were scores of old photographs of the village’s sports teams, dating back over many decades.

Dozens of visitors contributed to a huge ‘photo wall’ by adding dates and names of the community’s sporting heroes from yesteryear.

During the Second World War a number of national campaigns were held to raise money to for the Armed Services.

The “Wings for Victory” campaign in 1943 was designed to purchase aircraft for the RAF and groups throughout the country, including schools, towns and villages, held fund-raising events.  When certain targets were met a certificate was awarded.

The annual local history exhibition will take place in the village hall between 1pm and 4pm on Saturday 30th September. Lots of displays, photographs and information about life in the parish in years gone by.

There is to be a special focus on Buriton’s sports teams this year: cricket, football and tennis. If anyone has any old photos of any of Buriton’s teams, please contact the organisers or bring them along to the exhibition.

There will also be displays about:

In addition to scores of villagers, the annual local history event attracted visitors from as far away as Exeter and Nottingham as well as people from Surrey, Sussex, Portsmouth, Liss and Petersfield.

As usual, the exhibition provided opportunities for memories to be shared and for new information to be discovered about families and homes in the parish over many decades.

There will be a wide range of displays, copies of all the Heritage Bank books for sale and more ...

We hope to be able to display dozens of the fascinating photographs of the community which were taken by Buriton’s Don Eades during his 25 years as the photographer for the Petersfield Post.

Other displays are likely to feature:

After missing 2020 because of the Covid pandemic, the village’s annual local history exhibition made a successful return in September - boosted by dozens of old photos of the local area taken by Buriton’s own Don Eades. 

For over 25 years Don took photos for the Petersfield Post and, thanks to a special loan arrangement with the Petersfield Museum, dozens were on display on a huge ‘photo-wall’.

The annual local history exhibition returns to the Village Hall with lots of displays, photographs and information about life in the parish in years gone by.

There will, as in the past, be a wide range of fascinating displays of local interest, copies of all the Heritage Bank books for sale and much more ...

Displays are likely to feature::

Bits of Buriton’s history are now on display and explained in the recently expanded and refurbished Petersfield Museum which is full of innovative designs, engaging presentations and a fascinating range of information and artefacts. 

The venue has recently reopened after a £4 million project and admission can be arranged online – using the ‘Tickets’ button at the top of the website www.petersfieldmuseum.co.uk

As well as bits about Buriton (including publications in the shop), highlights include: